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      Ab-initio electronic structure calculations and properties of [SixSn1 − x]3N4 ternary nitrides 

      Pavloudis, T.; Zervos, Matthew; Komninou, P.; Kioseoglou, J. (2016)
      We carry out ab initio electronic structure calculations of (SixSn1 − x)3N4 using density functional theory with projector augmented-wave potentials under the generalized gradient approximation. We find that the energetically ...
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      Determination of critical points on silicon nanofilms: Surface and quantum confinement effects 

      Lioudakis, Emmanouil E.; Othonos, Andreas S.; Nassiopoulou, Androula Galiouna (2008)
      In this work, we present a comprehensive study of the optical properties of nanocrystalline silicon films with thickness varied from 5 to 30 nm. Spectroscopic ellipsometry is employed to determine the dielectric functions ...
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      Effect of antimony-doping and germanium on the highly efficient thermoelectric Si-rich-Mg2(Si,Sn,Ge) materials 

      Vlachos, N.; Polymeris, G. S.; Manoli, M.; Hatzikraniotis, E.; Khan, A. U.; Lioutas, C. B.; Stefanaki, E. C.; Pavlidou, E.; Paraskevopoulos, K. M.; Giapintzakis, John; Kyratsi, Theodora (2017)
      Two series of materials (a) Mg2Si0.55-ySn0.4Ge0.05Sby, 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.0175 and (b) Mg2Si0.5875-xSn0.4GexSb0.0125, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.20 have been developed and studied in terms of structural features and thermoelectric properties/performance. ...
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      Effect of Bi-doping and Mg-excess on the thermoelectric properties of Mg2Si materials 

      Ioannou, M.; Polymeris, G. S.; Hatzikraniotis, E.; Paraskevopoulos, K. M.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2014)
      In this work, Bi-doped magnesium silicide compounds were prepared by applying a combination of both, short-time ball milling and heating treatment. The effect of Mg excess was also studied, aiming towards further improvement ...
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      Electronic Structure and Thermoelectric Properties of Pseudoquaternary Mg2Si1-x-ySnxGey-Based Materials 

      Kutorasinski, K.; Tobola, J.; Kaprzyk, S.; Khan, A. U.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2014)
      A theoretical study is presented on complex pseudoternary Bi-doped Mg2Si1-x-ySnxGey materials, which have recently been revealed to reach high thermoelectric figures of merit (ZT) of ∼1.4. Morphological characterization ...
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      Ellipsometry on optically thin palladium films on silicon-based substrate: Effects of low concentration of hydrogen 

      Lioudakis, Emmanouil E.; Othonos, Andreas S. (2005)
      Optically thin palladium films evaporated on silicon substrates are investigated following exposure to low concentrations of hydrogen gas in nitrogen using spectroscopic ellipsometry. Changes in the parameters tan Ψ and Δ ...
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      Femtosecond carrier dynamics in implanted and highly annealed polycrystalline silicon 

      Lioudakis, Emmanouil E.; Nassiopoulou, Androula Galiouna; Othonos, Andreas S. (2006)
      We have studied the ultrafast optical response of highly implanted and highly annealed polycrystalline silicon films using 400 nm ultrashort amplified pulses with fluence ranging between 8 mJ cm-2 to 56 mJ cm -2. Transient ...
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      High thermoelectric figure of merit of Mg2Si 0.55Sn0.4Ge0.05 materials doped with Bi and Sb 

      Khan, A. U.; Vlachos, N.; Kyratsi, Theodora (2013)
      Thermoelectric properties of new Bi- and Sb-doped Mg2Si 0.55Sn0.4Ge0.05 compounds prepared by powder methods were studied in the temperature range 300-823 K. The materials exhibited compositional inhomogeneites consisting ...
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      Influence of grain size on ultrafast carrier dynamics in thin nanocrystalline silicon films 

      Lioudakis, Emmanouil E.; Othonos, Andreas S.; Nassiopoulou, Androula Galiouna; Lioutas, Ch B.; Frangis, N. (2007)
      The ultrafast carrier dynamics in thin nanocrystalline silicon films (10 and 20 nm thick) on quartz over a broad spectral range using optical pumping at a moderate fluence of 2.5 mJ cm2 were studied. The films were composed ...
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      Inhomogeneities and Effective Mass in Doped Mg2Si 

      Stefanaki, E. C.; Polymeris, G. S.; Ioannou, M.; Pavlidou, E.; Hatzikraniotis, E.; Kyratsi, Theodora; Paraskevopoulos, K. M. (2016)
      Magnesium silicide (Mg2Si)-based materials are promising candidates as thermoelectric components for mid-temperature range (500–900 K) energy conversion. Many different approaches for determining the parabolicity of the ...
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      Inkjet printing processing conditions for bulk-heterojunction solar cells using two high-performing conjugated polymer donors 

      Hermerschmidt, F.; Papagiorgis, Panagiotis; Savva, Achilleas; Christodoulou, Chris C.; Itskos, Grigorios; Choulis, Stelios A. (2014)
      We report the processing conditions for inkjet-printed active layers of organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices comprising bulk-heterojunction blends of the low bandgap conjugated polymer poly[(4,4′-bis(2-ethylhexyl)dithieno[3,2-b: ...
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      Large positive magnetoresistance in nonstoichiometric NiMnSb thin films on silicon 

      Branford, W. R.; Clowes, S. K.; Syed, M. H.; Bugoslavsky, Y. V.; Gardelis, S.; Androulakis, J.; Giapintzakis, John; Grigorescu, C. E. A.; Berenov, A. V.; Roy, S. B.; Cohen, L. F. (2004)
      The transport properties of pulsed-laser-deposited NiMnSb films on silicon as a function of film thickness were discussed. It was found that a low-temperature upturn was observed in the resistivity for film thicknesses of ...
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      Low temperature growth of In 2O 3 and InN nanocrystals on Si(111) via chemical vapour deposition based on the sublimation of NH 4Cl in In 

      Zervos, Matthew; Tsokkou, Demetra; Pervolaraki, Maria; Othonos, Andreas S. (2009)
      Indium oxide (In 2O 3) nanocrystals (NCs) have been obtained via atmospheric pressure, chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) on Si(111) via the direct oxidation of In with Ar:10% O 2 at 1000 °C but also at temperatures as low ...
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      Low temperature growth of In 2O 3 and InN nanocrystals on Si(111) via chemical vapour deposition based on the sublimation of NH 4Cl in In 

      Zervos, Matthew; Tsokkou, D.; Pervolaraki, M.; Othonos, A. (2009)
      Indium oxide (In 2O 3) nanocrystals (NCs) have been obtained via atmospheric pressure, chemical vapour deposition (APCVD) on Si(111) via the direct oxidation of In with Ar:10% O 2 at 1000 °C but also at temperatures as low ...
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      Measurement of partial widths and search for direct CP violation in D 0 meson decays to K-K+ and π -π+ 

      Acosta, D.; Affolder, T.; Akimoto, T.; Albrow, M. G.; Ambrose, D.; Amerio, S.; Amidei, D.; Anastassov, A.; Anikeev, K.; Annovi, A.; Antos, J.; Aoki, M.; Apollinari, G.; Arisawa, T.; Arguin, J. -F; Artikov, A.; Ashmanskas, W.; Attal, A.; Azfar, F.; Azzi-Bacchetta, P.; Bacchetta, N.; Bachacou, H.; Badgett, W.; Barbaro-Galtieri, A.; Barker, G. J.; Barnes, V. E.; Barnett, B. A.; Baroiant, S.; Barone, M.; Bauer, G.; Bedeschi, F.; Behari, S.; Belforte, S.; Bellettini, G.; Bellinger, J.; Benjamin, D.; Beretvas, Andrew; Bhatti, A.; Binkley, M.; Bisello, D.; Bishai, M.; Blair, R. E.; Blocker, C.; Bloom, K.; Blumenfeld, B.; Bocci, A.; Bodek, A.; Bolla, G.; Bolshov, A.; Booth, P. S. L.; Bortoletto, D.; Boudreau, J.; Bourov, S.; Bromberg, C.; Brubaker, E.; Budagov, J.; Budd, H. S.; Burkett, K.; Busetto, G.; Bussey, P.; Byrum, K. L.; Cabrera, S.; Calafiura, P.; Campanelli, M.; Campbell, M.; Canepa, A.; Casarsa, M.; Carlsmith, D.; Carron, S.; Carosi, R.; Cavalli-Sforza, M.; Castro, A.; Catastini, P.; Cauz, D.; Cerri, A.; Cerri, C.; Cerrito, L.; Chapman, J.; Chen, C.; Chen, Y. C.; Chertok, M.; Chiarelli, G.; Chlachidze, G.; Chlebana, F.; Cho, I.; Cho, K.; Chokheli, D.; Chu, M. L.; Chuang, S.; Chung, J. Y.; Chung, W. H.; Chung, Y. S.; Ciobanu, C. I.; Ciocci, M. A.; Clark, A. G.; Clark, D.; Coca, M.; Connolly, A.; Convery, M.; Conway, J.; Cooper, B.; Cordelli, M.; Cortiana, G.; Cranshaw, J.; Cuevas, J.; Culbertson, R.; Currat, C.; Cyr, D.; Dagenhart, D.; da Ronco, S.; D'Auria, S.; de Barbaro, P.; de Cecco, S.; De Lentdecker, Gilles; Dell'Agnello, Simone; Dell'Orso, M.; Demers, S.; Demortier, L.; Deninno, M.; de Pedis, D.; Derwent, P. F.; Dionisi, Carlo; Dittmann, J. R.; Doksus, P.; Dominguez, A.; Donati, S.; Donegà, Mauro; Donini, J.; D'Onofrio, M.; Dorigo, T.; Drollinger, V.; Ebina, K.; Eddy, N.; Ely, R.; Erbacher, R.; Erdmann, M.; Errede, D.; Errede, S.; Eusebi, R.; Fang, H. -C; Farrington, S.; Fedorko, I.; Feild, R. G.; Feindt, M.; Fernandez, J. P.; Ferretti, C.; Field, R. D.; Fiori, I.; Flanagan, G.; Flaugher, B.; Flores-Castillo, L. R.; Foland, A.; Forrester, S.; Foster, G. W.; Franklin, M.; Freeman, J.; Frisch, H.; Fujii, Y.; Furic, I.; Gajjar, A.; Gallas, A.; Galyardt, J.; Gallinaro, M.; Garcia-Sciveres, M.; Garfinkel, A. F.; Gay, C.; Gerberich, H.; Gerdes, D. W.; Gerchtein, E.; Giagu, S.; Giannetti, P.; Gibson, A.; Gibson, K.; Ginsburg, C.; Giolo, K.; Giordani, M.; Giurgiu, G.; Glagolev, V.; Glenzinski, D.; Gold, M.; Goldschmidt, N.; Goldstein, D.; Goldstein, J.; Gomez, G.; Gomez-Ceballos, G.; Goncharov, M.; González, O.; Gorelov, I.; Goshaw, A. T.; Gotra, Y.; Goulianos, Konstantin; Gresele, A.; Griffiths, M.; Grosso-Pilcher, C.; Guenther, M.; Guimaraes da Costa, J.; Haber, C.; Hahn, K.; Hahn, S. R.; Halkiadakis, Eva; Handler, R.; Happacher, F.; Hara, K.; Hare, M.; Harr, R. F.; Harris, R. M.; Hartmann, F.; Hatakeyama, K.; Hauser, J.; Hays, C.; Hayward, H.; Heider, E.; Heinemann, B.; Heinrich, J.; Hennecke, M.; Herndon, M.; Hill, C.; Hirschbuehl, D.; Hocker, A.; Hoffman, K. D.; Holloway, A.; Hou, S.; Houlden, M. A.; Huffman, B. T.; Huang, Y.; Hughes, R. E.; Huston, J.; Ikado, K.; Incandela, J.; Introzzi, G.; Iori, M.; Ishizawa, Y.; Issever, C.; Ivanov, A.; Iwata, Y.; Iyutin, B.; James, E.; Jang, D.; Jarrell, J.; Jeans, D.; Jensen, H.; Jeon, E. J.; Jones, M.; Joo, K. K.; Jun, S.; Junk, T.; Kamon, T.; Kang, J.; Karagoz Unel, M.; Karchin, P. E.; Kartal, S.; Kato, Y.; Kemp, Y.; Kephart, R.; Kerzel, U.; Khotilovich, V.; Kilminster, B.; Kim, D. H.; Kim, H. S.; Kim, J. E.; Kim, M. J.; Kim, M. S.; Kim, S. B.; Kim, S. H.; Kim, T. H.; Kim, Y. K.; King, B. T.; Kirby, M.; Kirsch, L.; Klimenko, S.; Knuteson, B.; Ko, B. R.; Kobayashi, H.; Koehn, P.; Kong, D. J.; Kondo, K.; Konigsberg, J.; Kordas, K.; Korn, A.; Korytov, A.; Kotelnikov, K.; Kotwal, A. V.; Kovalev, A.; Kraus, J.; Kravchenko, I.; Kreymer, A.; Kroll, J.; Kruse, M.; Krutelyov, V.; Kuhlmann, S. E.; Kuznetsova, N.; Laasanen, A. T.; Lai, S.; Lami, S.; Lammel, S.; Lancaster, J.; Lancaster, M.; Lander, R.; Lannon, K.; Lath, A.; Latino, G.; Lauhakangas, R.; Lazzizzera, I.; Le, Y.; Lecci, C.; LeCompte, T.; Lee, J.; Lee, J.; Lee, S. W.; Leonardo, N.; Leone, S.; Lewis, J. D.; Li, K.; Lin, C.; Lin, C. S.; Lindgren, M.; Liss, T. M.; Litvintsev, D. O.; Liu, T.; Liu, Y.; Lockyer, N. S.; Loginov, A.; Loreti, M.; Loverre, P.; Lu, R. -S; Lucchesi, D.; Lujan, P.; Lukens, P.; Lyons, L.; Lys, J.; Lysak, R.; MacQueen, D.; Madrak, R.; Maeshima, K.; Maksimovic, P.; Malferrari, L.; Manca, G.; Marginean, R.; Martin, M.; Martin, A.; Martin, V.; Martínez, M.; Maruyama, T.; Matsunaga, H.; Mattson, M.; Mazzanti, P.; McFarland, K. S.; McGivern, D.; McIntyre, P. M.; McNamara, P.; NcNulty, R.; Menzemer, S.; Menzione, A.; Merkel, P.; Mesropian, C.; Messina, A.; Miao, T.; Miladinovic, N.; Miller, L.; Miller, R.; Miller, J. S.; Miquel, R.; Miscetti, S.; Mitselmakher, G.; Miyamoto, A.; Miyazaki, Y.; Moggi, N.; Mohr, B.; Moore, R.; Morello, M.; Mukherjee, A.; Mulhearn, M.; Muller, T.; Mumford, R.; Munar, A.; Murat, P.; Nachtman, J.; Nahn, S.; Nakamura, I.; Nakano, I.; Napier, A.; Napora, R.; Naumov, D.; Necula, V.; Niell, F.; Nielsen, J.; Nelson, C.; Nelson, T.; Neu, C.; Neubauer, M. S.; Newman-Holmes, C.; Nicollerat, A. -S; Nigmanov, T.; Nodulman, L.; Norniella, O.; Oesterberg, K.; Ogawa, T.; Oh, S. H.; Oh, Y. D.; Ohsugi, T.; Okusawa, T.; Oldeman, R.; Orava, R.; Orejudos, W.; Pagliarone, C.; Palmonari, F.; Paoletti, R.; Papadimitriou, Vaia; Pashapour, S.; Patricck, J.; Pauletta, G.; Paulini, M.; Pauly, T.; Paus, C.; Pellett, D.; Penzo, A.; Phillips, T. J.; Piacentino, G.; Piedra, J.; Pitts, K. T.; Plager, C.; Pompoš, A.; Pondrom, L.; Pope, G.; Poukhov, O.; Prakoshyn, F.; Pratt, T.; Pronko, A.; Proudfoot, J.; Ptohos, Fotios; Punzi, G.; Rademacker, J.; Rakitine, A.; Rappoccio, S.; Ratnikov, F.; Ray, H.; Reichold, A.; Reisert, B.; Rekovic, V.; Renton, P.; Rescigno, M.; Rimondi, F.; Rinnert, K.; Ristori, L.; Robertson, W. J.; Robson, A.; Rodrigo, T.; Rolli, S.; Rosenson, L.; Roser, R.; Rossin, R.; Rott, C.; Russ, J.; Ruiz, A.; Ryan, D.; Saarikko, H.; Safonov, A.; Denis, R. S.; Sakumoto, W. K.; Salamanna, G.; Saltzberg, D.; Sanchez, C.; Sansoni, A.; Santi, L.; Sarkar, S.; Sato, K.; Savard, P.; Savoy-Navarro, A.; Schemitz, P.; Schlabach, P.; Schmidt, E. E.; Schmidt, M. P.; Schmitt, M.; Scodellaro, L.; Scribano, A.; Scuri, F.; Sedov, A.; Seidel, S.; Seiya, Y.; Semeria, F.; Sexton-Kennedy, L.; Sfiligoi, I.; Shapiro, M. D.; Shears, T.; Shepard, P. F.; Shimojima, M.; Shochet, M.; Shon, Y.; Shreyber, I.; Sidoti, A.; Siegrist, J.; Siket, M.; Sill, A.; Sinervo, P.; Sisakyan, A.; Skiba, A.; Slaughter, A. J.; Sliwa, K.; Smirnov, D.; Smith, J. R.; Snider, F. D.; Snihur, R.; Somalwar, S. V.; Spalding, J.; Spezziga, M.; Spiegel, L.; Spinella, F.; Spiropulu, Maria; Squillacioti, P.; Stadie, H.; Stefanini, A.; Stelzer, B.; Stelzer-Chilton, O.; Strologas, John; Stuart, D.; Sukhanov, A.; Sumorok, K.; Sun, H.; Suzuki, T.; Taffard, A.; Tafirout, R.; Takach, S. F.; Takano, H.; Takashima, R.; Takeuchi, Y.; Takikawa, K.; Tanaka, M.; Tanaka, R.; Tanimoto, N.; Tapprogge, S.; Tecchio, M.; Teng, P. K.; Terashi, K.; Tesarek, R. J.; Tether, S.; Thom, J.; Thompson, A. S.; Thomson, E.; Tipton, P.; Tiwari, V.; Tkaczyk, S.; Toback, D.; Tollefson, K.; Tomura, T.; Tonelli, D.; Tönnesmann, M.; Torre, S.; Torretta, D.; Trischuk, W.; Tseng, J.; Tsuchiya, R.; Tsuno, S.; Tsybychev, D.; Turini, N.; Turner, M.; Ukegawa, F.; Unverhau, T.; Uozumi, S.; Usynin, D.; Vacavant, L.; Vaiciulis, A.; Varganov, A.; Vataga, E.; Vejcik, S.; Velev, G.; Veramendi, G.; Vickey, T.; Vidal, R.; Vila, I.; Vilar, R.; Volobouev, I.; von der Mey, M.; Wagner, P.; Wagner, R. G.; Wagner, R. L.; Wagner, W.; Wallny, R.; Walter, T.; Yamashita, T.; Yamamoto, K.; Wan, Z.; Wang, M. J.; Wang, S. M.; Warburton, A.; Ward, B.; Waschke, S.; Waters, D.; Watts, T.; Weber, M.; Wester, W. C.; Whitehouse, B.; Wicklund, A. B.; Wicklund, E.; Williams, H. H.; Wilson, P.; Winer, B. L.; Wittich, P.; Wolbers, S.; Wolter, M.; Worcester, M.; Worm, S.; Wright, T.; Wu, X.; Würthwein, F.; Wyatt, A.; Yagil, A.; Yang, U. K.; Yao, W.; Yeh, G. P.; Yi, K.; Yoh, J.; Yoon, P.; Yorita, K.; Yoshida, T.; Yu, I.; Yu, S.; Yu, Z.; Yun, J. C.; Zanello, L.; Zanetti, A.; Zaw, I.; Zetti, F.; Zhou, J.; Žsenei, A.; Zucchelli, S. (2005)
      We present a measurement of relative partial widths and decay rate CP asymmetries in K- K+ and π-π+ decays of D0 mesons produced in pp̄ collisions at,√s = 1.96 TeV. We use a sample of 2 × 105 D*+ →D0π+ (and charge conjugate) ...
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      Modeling of thermal conductivity in high performing thermoelectric materials 

      Hatzikraniotis, E.; Kyratsi, Theodora; Paraskevopoulos, K. M. (Institute of Physics Publishing, 2017)
      The enhanced TE-performance in Mg2Si-Mg2Sn based pseudo-binaries is presented, which is attributed to low thermal conductivity. Sn-Si alloying, reduces the lattice thermal conductivity due to mass fluctuation. Furthermore, ...
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      Observation of the narrow state X(3872) → J/ψπ+π- in p̄p collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV 

      Acosta, D.; Affolder, T.; Ahn, M. H.; Akimoto, T.; Albrow, M. G.; Ambrose, D.; Amerio, S.; Amidei, D.; Anastassov, A.; Anikeev, K.; Annovi, A.; Antos, J.; Aoki, M.; Apollinari, G.; Arguin, J. -F; Arisawa, T.; Artikov, A.; Asakawa, T.; Ashmanskas, W.; Attal, A.; Azfar, F.; Azzi-Bacchetta, P.; Bacchetta, N.; Bachacou, H.; Badgett, W.; Bailey, S.; Barbaro-Galtieri, A.; Barker, G.; Barnes, V. E.; Barnett, B. A.; Baroiant, S.; Barone, M.; Bauer, G.; Bedeschi, F.; Behari, S.; Belforte, S.; Bell, W. H.; Bellettini, G.; Bellinger, J.; Benjamin, D.; Beretvas, Andrew; Bhatti, A.; Binkley, M.; Bisello, D.; Bishai, M.; Blair, R. E.; Blocker, C.; Bloom, K.; Blumenfeld, B.; Bocci, A.; Bodek, A.; Bolla, G.; Bolshov, A.; Booth, P. S. L.; Bortoletto, D.; Boudreau, J.; Bourov, S.; Bromberg, C.; Brubaker, E.; Budagov, J.; Budd, H. S.; Burkett, K.; Busetto, G.; Bussey, P.; Byrum, K. L.; Cabrera, S.; Calafiura, P.; Campanelli, M.; Campbell, M.; Canepa, A.; Carlsmith, D.; Carron, S.; Carosi, R.; Casarsa, M.; Castro, A.; Catastini, P.; Cauz, D.; Cerri, A.; Cerri, C.; Cerrito, L.; Chapman, J.; Chen, C.; Chen, Y. C.; Chertok, M.; Chiarelli, G.; Chlachidze, G.; Chlebana, F.; Cho, K.; Chokheli, D.; Chu, M. L.; Chung, J. Y.; Chung, W. H.; Chung, Y. S.; Ciobanu, C. I.; Ciocci, M. A.; Clark, A. G.; Clark, D.; Coca, M. N.; Connolly, A.; Convery, M. E.; Conway, J.; Cordelli, M.; Cortiana, G.; Cranshaw, J.; Culbertson, R.; Currat, C.; Cyr, D.; Dagenhart, D.; DaRonco, S.; D'Auria, S.; de Barbaro, P.; de Cecco, S.; De Lentdecker, Gilles; Dell'Agnello, Simone; Dell'Orso, M.; Demers, S.; Demortier, L.; Deninno, M.; de Pedis, D.; Derwent, P. F.; Dionisi, Carlo; Dittmann, J. R.; Doksus, P.; Dominguez, A.; Donati, S.; D'Onofrio, M.; Dorigo, T.; Drollinger, V.; Ebina, K.; Eddy, N.; Ely, R.; Erbacher, R.; Erdmann, M.; Errede, D.; Errede, S.; Eusebi, R.; Fang, H. -C; Farrington, S.; Fedorko, I.; Feild, R. G.; Feindt, M.; Fernandez, J. P.; Ferretti, C.; Field, R. D.; Fiori, I.; Flanagan, G.; Flaugher, B.; Flores-Castillo, L. R.; Foland, A.; Forrester, S.; Foster, G. W.; Franklin, M.; Frisch, H.; Fujii, Y.; Furic, I.; Gaijar, A.; Gallas, A.; Gallinaro, M.; Galyardt, J.; Garcia-Sciveres, M.; Garfinkel, A. F.; Gay, C.; Gerberich, H.; Gerchtein, E.; Gerdes, D. W.; Giagu, S.; Giannetti, P.; Gibson, A.; Gibson, K.; Ginsburg, C.; Giolo, K.; Giordani, M.; Giurgiu, G.; Glagolev, V.; Glenzinski, D.; Gold, M.; Goldschmidt, N.; Goldstein, D.; Goldstein, J.; Gomez, G.; Gomez-Ceballos, G.; Goncharov, M.; Gorelov, I.; Goshaw, A. T.; Gotra, Y.; Goulianos, Konstantin; Gresele, A.; Grosso-Pilcher, C.; Guenther, M.; Guimaraes da Costa, J.; Haber, C.; Hahn, K.; Hahn, S. R.; Halkiadakis, Eva; Hall, C.; Handler, R.; Happacher, F.; Hara, K.; Hare, M.; Harr, R. F.; Harris, R. M.; Hartmann, F.; Hatakeyama, K.; Hauser, J.; Hays, C.; Hayward, H.; Heider, E.; Heinemann, B.; Heinrich, J.; Hennecke, M.; Herndon, M.; Hill, C.; Hirschbuehl, D.; Hocker, A.; Hoffman, K. D.; Holloway, A.; Hou, S.; Houlden, M. A.; Huang, Y.; Huffman, B. T.; Hughes, R. E.; Huston, J.; Ikado, K.; Incandela, J.; Introzzi, G.; Iori, M.; Ishizawa, Y.; Issever, C.; Ivanov, A.; Iwata, Y.; Iyutin, B.; James, E.; Jang, D.; Jarrell, J.; Jeans, D.; Jensen, H.; Jones, M.; Jun, S. Y.; Junk, T.; Kamon, T.; Kang, J.; Karagoz Unel, M.; Karchin, P. E.; Kartal, S.; Kato, Y.; Kemp, Y.; Kephart, R.; Kerzel, U.; Khotilovich, V.; Kilminster, B.; Kim, B. J.; Kim, D. H.; Kim, H. S.; Kim, J. E.; Kim, M. J.; Kim, M. S.; Kim, S. B.; Kim, S. H.; Kim, T. H.; Kim, Y. K.; King, B. T.; Kirby, M.; Kirsch, L.; Klimenko, S.; Knuteson, B.; Ko, B. 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